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To: Sultan who wrote (2204)	7/25/2005 8:32:14 PM
From: thames_sider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541008

Here's a fascinating article from a former Islamic radical. I'm not sure, obviously, how authentic he is, but he seems to have close involvement in an extremely unpleasant group [assassinating Sadat was truly damaging to ME peace IMO] and it does help to clarify the 'logic' inside a suicide bomber's mind (or substitute thereof). observer.guardian.co.uk Someone asked, Why do we see so many suicide bombers inside Iraq, Palestine etc? ... Countries like Britain and America were seen as part of a conspiracy against Muslims, but we didn't care about them a lot because the idea was to get rid of the Egyptian regime, the closest enemy. It's not a good idea to go off and fight others, leaving the enemy at your back. Here's one to appeal to most alienated teenagers even without any cultural or religious backing... The idea of suicide bombing wasn't obvious but the idea of martyrdom was prominent. I would have liked to do something I thought mattered- sacrificing yourself to establish heaven on Earth. For me the real question was: 'Am I able to sacrifice more or not?' It wasn't: 'Am I going to do a wrong thing or right thing?' I knew I was right. When Islamist people become suicide bombers they believe that God is ordering them to do it. They are not lying to themselves. They are not bad people. And a solution, perhaps? You question it if you find other people and other things to do. Show them something better, perhaps?